SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Wednesday is December 25th, which is Christmas, but also this year, marks the first day of Hanukkah as well. What’s open and closed on Christmas Day in Massachusetts? It is ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — This year, the first night of Hanukkah, the 8-day Jewish Festival of Lights, begins on December 25th, Christmas Day. This has only happened a handful of times in the last ...

This Christmas, as presents are being put away and holiday dinners wind down, Jewish families will light their first Hanukkah candle — marking only the fifth time since 1900 that these ...

Hanukkah begins on Christmas this year, marking a rare coincidence of the Jewish and Christian holidays, which occur according to different calendars. The alignment invites reflection on how two ...

He said with Christmas and day one of Hanukkah both falling on Dec. 25 this year, his family will make sure the Christmas tree and the menorah will both get time to shine. “The timing of it is ...

observed the holiday as a way to celebrate his combined Jewish and Protestant heritage. The O.C. went on to have annual Chrismukkah specials. With Christmas and Hanukkah happening all at once this ...

This year, the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah fell on the same day as Christmas for the first time since 2005. Christmas and Hanukkah both always fall on the 25th, but of two different ...

Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah) is celebrated annually by Jews around the world, but this year’s start date is a rare one: 25 December 2024, aligns with Christmas Day. The holiday will run from ...

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah may not receive quite the same level of attention as Christmas. But as Adam Sandler pointed out in his hit “Hanukkah Song,” the holiday, which starts this year ...

But this was unusual. Usually, Hanukkah occurs in close proximity to Christmas. (“Chrismukah” was popularized on a Simpsons episode in 2003.) In recently concluded 2024, the first candles of ...

Some will light a menorah alongside the Christmas tree this year. Many multifaith families across Northeast Pennsylvania celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas, but this year, the two holidays ...